WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Elton John - Burn Down The Mission Chords | Ver. 1
BURN DOWN THE MISSION
(G Em7 Bb\C G Em7 Bb\C)*
G Em Bb\C
You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Eb G\D A\C# Dsus4
Did he say he'd come to call on me
G Em7sus4 Bb\C
For things are getting desperate in our home
C#dim7 G\D D C G\B Am7
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know
G F C G G G A B D E
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
F C G G A B D
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
G\B C G G A C D
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
G C6\G Bb\C
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep
Bb\C
C# Ab
Burn down the mission
F#
If we're gonna stay alive
C# Ab
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
F#
See the red flame light the sky
Eb\Bb Bb
Burn down the mission
Ab
Burn it down to stay alive
Eb\Bb Bb
It's our only chance of living
Ab C# Bb\C
Take all you need to live inside
[F Eb\Bb Bb\F F
(REPEAT 3x)
F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G
F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G
G F C\E G\D C G\B C
G F C\E G\D C G\B C]**
Bb\C C#\Ab Bbm Bbm6 F\C F\A Bb\C Bb
Oh______________________!
(G Em7 Bb\C G Em7 Bb\C)*
G Em Bb\C
Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
Eb G\D A\C# Dsus4
My wife cried when they came to take me away
G Em7sus4 Bb\C
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
C#dim7 G\D D C G\B Am7 G
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls
(CHORUS)
F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G
F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G
G F C\E G\D C G\B C
G F C\E G\D C G\B C]**
(G\C F\C C G)**
(REPEAT, FADE)
*FIRST TIME THROUGH:
Lower case letters are played as octaves, upper case letters as chords:
G G A D D E Bb Bb Bb Bb
G Em C C C C C